Life on Mars
A story by The Renegade Waffle
The Ponies of Ponyville were mostly up and about when The Gang left Sugercube corner, they turned left from the entrance and trekked in the direction of Rarity's Boutique. Pinkie Pie led the way, bouncing along as she usually did when she was excited, second was Twilight talking happily to Fluttershy about yesterdays events. She answered the questions with slight hesitance, Gaz brought up the rear... Yet again.
Fluttershy dropped back to walk alongside him after Twilight seemed to be satisfied with her questions, she hesitated for a moment before leaning in to speak to him.
"Um... Gaz?" Fluttershy started, attracting his attention, "There was a small black object with you... It's what startled me last night... W-what is it?"
"Oh... Hang on let me think... Ah yes, it's device used to communicate long distances," Gaz replied, reminding himself of his "Amnesia" act. "But from what I remember it has other features built into it... Here I'll show you."
Gaz reached into his satchel and gingerly pulled out his Iphone with his teeth and placed it in his upturned hoof. He smirked when the screen showed that it was paused halfway through Jimi Hendrix's 'All along the Watchtower' recalling last nights events. He put the settings on 'shuffle' and pressed the button to next song with his nose.
A few seconds past before the sound of small guitar solo before erupting into a full-fledged song. The song had reached the chorus before Pinkie Pie and Twilight had noticed what was happening.
No more heroes any more... No more heroes any more... No more heroes any more...
"What..." Twilight stopped and gave Gaz a funny look, "In all of Equestria, is THAT?"
Gaz pressed the 'pause' button with his nose before responding.
"From what I remember correctly this is a device for communicating long distance, but it also has other features for entertainment purposes... But that's all I can remember..."
"Hmm," Twilight place a hoof on her chin, "I wonder if I have any books on that sort of thing..."
Gaz gripped the Iphone in his teeth once more before continuing the journey to Rarity's.
"That music..." Fluttershy looked at him, "What was that? It was so strange..."
"It's called Rock & Roll." Gaz stopped, "Hang on, I thought you were really shy around strangers? You've known me for what? Less than 24 hours?"
"I don't know..." Fluttershy looked at him and smiled, "I guess I feel I can open more, you seem nicer than most Ponies I've met for the first time. But wait, how did you know I was shy around strangers? None of us have told you that..."
"Well with a name like Fluttershy..." Gaz had a smug grin on his face when he watched he look down in embarrassment.
Their journey continued in near silence, apart from the occasional outburst from Pinkie Pie. Fluttershy and Twilight had begun talking again, leaving Gaz with only his thoughts for company.
So, I'm stuck here... In a cartoon world... Is this even real? Am I dreaming?... What if that fall was worse than it looked? This world feels real enough... Heck it feels like I've been here forever, I would've at least thought walking would be hard... But walking on all fours seems almost... Natural?... I just wish I could get back home, as.. 'beautiful' and seemingly 'perfect' this world is I miss my Dystopia... I miss my family, I miss my friends... SHIT, Harry! What happened to him? Where did he end up? Oh Christ... I hope he's...
"Ok?..." Gaz was brought back into... reality by Pinkie Pie, who was almost in his face with an insanely huge grin on her face.
"Uh... Yeah! Yes! I'm fine... Right sorry, ready to go to Rarity's house now!"
"Gaz you silly filly! We're already here!" Pinkie Pie backed off and revealed the Carousel Boutique in all it's... Purpleness.
Truth be told though, it was truly a sight to behold when you're actually stood in front of it, seemingly blending the classic Big-Top circus with a certain flair of style and fashion in big extravagant display.
Truly it was a sight to behold.
Twilight and Fluttershy where already at the door when Gaz and Pinkie Pie caught up, and Twilight had already pulled on a chord which sent a series of chimes off acting as the doorbell.
A few seconds past before the door opened revealing a very pampered looking Pony.
Rarity...
"Ah.. Girls! How lovely it is to see you!" She began with an air of refinement.
Her eyes glided gently over her friends, then she noticed Gaz.
"Oh, and a dashing Stallion I see..." She trotted up next to him, "What is your name? You simply must tell me!"
"Uh- Gareth, but -heh- just call me Gaz, Ms.?.." He stuttered, slightly taken aback at the compliment.
"Ms. Rarity" She almost swooned, "Oh my, he knows his manners too! Colt's like you are SO hard to come by... You simply must model some of my work! You wouldn't believe how hard it is to find Male models!"
I wonder why...
Gaz looked across the rest of the Ponies in a silent plea for help; Pinkie Pie was bouncing around talking to herself about the "Super-duper awesome Party!" she was going to throw, and Twilight was sniggering to herself at Rarity's display. Gaz looked at Fluttershy, and was shocked when she seemed almost... Jealous?
"Actually Rarity, we were just showing Gaz around Ponyville so I'm afraid he doesn't have time to model for you..." Rarity looked over at Fluttershy and all assertiveness was lost, "Oh, well it's up to him really not me... Sorry..."
Gaz took over so Fluttershy could stop digging her hole any deeper.
"Sorry Rarity, I've got a busy schedule at the moment, perhaps some other time?" Gaz smiled at Fluttershy, who hid behind her mane sheepishly, "However we are going to Sweet Apple Acres next to see Applejack, want to come?"
For a split second a look of disgust flashed over Rarity's face when she imagined all of the dirt that would be in and around a farm. However it left as quickly as it came when she remembered it was were one of her friends lived.
"Oh course dear! I've just finished doing my hair so we can leave right away!" Rarity started to trot off and motioned for Gaz to follow.
Gaz sighed deeply before looking over at Fluttershy who mouthed a silent, "Thanks." Gaz nodded and responded with a "Any time" of his own before ushered on by Rarity.
"...And then I said, 'Well that cannot be the case because I just talked to her 10 minutes ago!' Oh what fun that was!" Rarity laughed.
"Uh-huh." Replied an unenthusiastic Gaz
"But honestly Gareth would you model for me? Ponyville is having a show on and..."
"Wait," Gaz stopped her, "You said show? Like a talent-show or something?"
"Why yes," Rarity brushed her mane away from her face, "Almost any pony can enter, and it doesn't matter what their talent is, and Princesses Celestia and Luna are coming down to watch..."
"Doesn't matter the talent eh?" Rarity nodded, "I'm entering."
"YOU, but... you've only been here less than a day! What even is your talent?" Rarity looked at Gaz's flank, "No Cutie mark? My, I've never seen an adult Pony with no Cutie mark..."
"I'm going to sing," Gaz cut her off, she looked at him dumbfounded, "Trust me when I say I can sing, I'm good at it."
"Well, if you say you can..." Rarity looked away for a moment, "Sing then."
"Eh?"
"If you're as good as you say you are that is," Rarity looked at him with a smirk.
Gaz stopped in his tracks and took a few deep breaths, and in the middle of Ponyville, began to sing.
He always liked a challenge.
"Lipstick junkie, debunked the only one. She came back wearing a smile. Look-alike, someone drugged me, they wanted to unplug me. No one here is on trial, it's just a turnaround. And we go, oh... well then we go uh huh oh...
Tick tock I want to rock you, like the eighties... Cock blocking isn't allowed. Tugboat Sheila is into memorabilia, who said three is a crowd? We better get it on the go
Hey now... We've got to make it rain somehow She told me to and showed me what to do. How Maggie makes it in her cloud...
I said, hey now.. We've got to make it rain somehow, she told me to and showed me what to do... She knows how to make it loud..."
Gaz had closed his eyes halfway through his performance, and kept in time to the song in his head by tapping his hoof on the ground rhythmically. When he finished, he opened his eyes to see a small crowd had gathered to hear him sing. They began to cheer and disperse when it became apparent that he'd stopped. He past Rarity who was stood next to rest of the group.
"Told you I was good..." He grinned as he made his way through the crowd, nodding and smiling at the Ponies who where applauding.
Rarity and the gang ran to catch up with the Singer, who was still pretty smug from his massive ego boost.
"What, where... Where did that come from?" Twilight asked first.
"Yeah that was awesome!" Pinkie Pie interjected, "D'ya know any more?"
"A few, the reason I sang was to prove to Rarity that I'm serious about entering that show... When was it Rarity?"
"3 days..." Replied a still dumbfounded Rarity.
Twilight took the lead to Sweet Apple Acres, Gaz was lost in a trail of thought when Fluttershy fluttered over next to him with her wings.
"Gaz, that was amazing..." She started, "I never knew you could sing like that!..."
"Well, part of it's talent, rest is a lot of practice..." Gaz looked at her as she flew alongside him, "Listen this probably going to sound embarrassing but, how do you do that?"
The Pegasus looked confused for a moment, "You mean fly?" Gaz nodded sheepishly, "Oh my! You can't fly? Oh dear..."
She suddenly started laughing.
"What's so funny?" Gaz asked, annoyance evident in his voice.
"It's just... that you've got no Cutie mark, and you're a Pegasus can't fly! What are we going to do with you?" She tried to stifle her laughter, "This is payback for earlier, you know, "A name like Fluttershy." Remember?..."
Gaz let out a a grunt of acknowledgement, and ignore the Pegasus when she adopted a smug look on her face.
Wish we'd hurry up and get to Sweet Apple Acres already...
Well now, this chapter was fun to write!
I'd like to take this time just to say thank you for the reviews, they really mean a lot to me! You are the coal that keeps my imagination train going! Whooo whooo!
*ahem*
Anyway here's the two songs that were used in this chapter.
"No More Heroes" - The Stranglers (The song the Iphone played.)
"The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie" - The Red Hot Chilli Peppers (The song Gaz sang... Rather well.)
THIS IS IMPORTANT: I'm going to a festival from Thursday 26th - Monday 29th so I'm afraid this is the last chapter I'll be uploading this week, I'll write some of Chapter 5 before I leave so it'll be out soon next week. Sorry in advance :(
Remember to R&R and that Constructive Criticism is welcomed, and I'll see you in 5 days!
~TRW